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New Film Calls Worker-Owned Cooperatives “Next American Revolution”
by Kristin Hugoposted Mar 15, 2013 - Gar Alperovitz’s film points to worker-owned cooperatives as a growing alternative to traditional capitalism and socialism.
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How Workers Laid Off from a Chicago Factory Took It Over Themselves
by Laura Flandersposted Mar 05, 2013 - When their boss tried to fire them, the workers of Republic Windows and Doors occupied the factory. Now they own it as a cooperative.
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Filmmakers: Cooperative Businesses Bring Democracy to the Workplace
by Mark Karlinposted Feb 22, 2013 - In their new film, Shift Change, filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin take viewers on a worldwind tour of the cooperative economy.
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Just the Facts: What's So Good About Co-ops?
posted Feb 20, 2013 - Why support the co-ops in your community? The benefits might be further-reaching than you think.
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The Economy: Under New Ownership
by Marjorie Kellyposted Feb 19, 2013 - How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities.
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The Cooperative Way to a Stronger Economy
by Sarah van Gelderposted Feb 19, 2013 - Co-ops—just like people—can get more done together than anyone can do alone. They come in many forms, and are more common than you might imagine.
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What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Jan 25, 2013 - Back in the ’60s, Frances Moore Lappé realized that hunger is caused by a scarcity of democracy, not food. Then, a collective of courageous women farmers showed her how to change that.
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3 Lessons for Appalachia’s Post-Coal Economy
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 28, 2012 - Appalachian residents are working to keep local and sustainable sources of wealth central in a post-coal economy.
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Gar Alperovitz on Cooperative Economy: “I’ll Bet My Life on It”
posted Oct 04, 2012 - Gar Alperovitz was in Seattle for the annual meeting of the National Cooperative Business Association and spoke at Town Hall Seattle immediately following a live screening of the first presidential debate. YES! Magazine’s executive editor Sarah van Gelder introduced him.
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A New Era of Worker Ownership?
by Gar Alperovitzposted Jul 11, 2012 - All over the country, people—like the workers of Chicago’s New Era Windows—are building worker-owned cooperatives that root jobs in the communities that need them.
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10 Ways To Love Where You Live
by Ross Chapinposted Jun 14, 2012 - How to build community here and now—because neighborhoods are more than houses in proximity.
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Homes That Survived the Crash
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jun 13, 2012 - While Wall Street players used home finance to make mega-profits for the 1 percent, local banks and community land trusts got people into decent, secure, affordable homes.
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Cheaper Together: How Neighbors Invest in Community
by Miriam Axel-Lute, John Emmeus Davis, Harold Simonposted Jun 13, 2012 - Cooperative financing and community land trusts keep rents affordable and homeownership within reach.
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From Sitting In to Taking Over: A Worker-Owned Cooperative at Republic Windows and Doors
by Yana Kunichoffposted Jun 04, 2012 - Once a symbol of worker mistreatment and the failures of the financial system, the famous Chicago factory may soon be run cooperatively by its workers.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement
by Gar Alperovitzposted May 23, 2012 - There’s economic reform, and then there’s economic transformation. How entrepreneurs, activists, and theorists are laying the groundwork for a very different economy.
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